This autobiography features James Byrnes’ political life as a House Representative, Senator, Supreme Court Justice, Secretary of State, and governor of South Carolina. His fifty years in politics cover the presidencies of Taft through Eisenhower. He also reminisces about how he was the “assistant president” during Franklin Roosevelt's last term of office, his role in the decision to use atomic bombs during World War II, and his talks with Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov in Moscow.